잘 나가면 그만 교만에 빠짐을 보여주는 웃시야
2023.9.23
(대하26:1-23)
1 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah. 2 He was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after Amaziah rested with his fathers. 3 Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother's name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem. 4 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done. 5 He sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. As long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success. 6 He went to war against the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh and Ashdod. He then rebuilt towns near Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines. 7 God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabs who lived in Gur Baal and against the Meunites. 8 The Ammonites brought tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread as far as the border of Egypt, because he had become very powerful. 9 Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate and at the angle of the wall, and he fortified them. 10 He also built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns, because he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain. He had people working his fields and vineyards in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil. 11 Uzziah had a well-trained army, ready to go out by divisions according to their numbers as mustered by Jeiel the secretary and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officials. 12 The total number of family leaders over the fighting men was 2,600. 13 Under their command was an army of 307,500 men trained for war, a powerful force to support the king against his enemies. 14 Uzziah provided shields, spears, helmets, coats of armor, bows and slingstones for the entire army. 15 In Jerusalem he made machines designed by skillful men for use on the towers and on the corner defenses to shoot arrows and hurl large stones. His fame spread far and wide, for he was greatly helped until he became powerful. 16 But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, and entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. 17 Azariah the priest with eighty other courageous priests of the LORD followed him in. 18 They confronted him and said, "It is not right for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD. That is for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who have been consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful; and you will not be honored by the LORD God." 19 Uzziah, who had a censer in his hand ready to burn incense, became angry. While he was raging at the priests in their presence before the incense altar in the LORD'S temple, leprosy broke out on his forehead. 20 When Azariah the chief priest and all the other priests looked at him, they saw that he had leprosy on his forehead, so they hurried him out. Indeed, he himself was eager to leave, because the LORD had afflicted him. 21 King Uzziah had leprosy until the day he died. He lived in a separate house --leprous, and excluded from the temple of the LORD. Jotham his son had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land. 22 The other events of Uzziah's reign, from beginning to end, are recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz. 23 Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field for burial that belonged to the kings, for people said, "He had leprosy." And Jotham his son succeeded him as king.
오늘은 웃시야(=아사랴 BC(801-785-733)
16세에 남유다의 왕이 되어 52년간 통치
남유다 20왕들 중 BC(686-642,55년통치)했던 14대왕 다음으로
52년동안 왕위를 지키고 있었던 10대 왕
그는
어머니 여골리아
하나님의 종 스가랴의 바른 조언을 들었고
하나님 앞에서 바른 통치를 했다
하여 하나님은 그에게
지혜지식총명(智慧智識聰明)과 더불어
강력한 리더쉽을 주어
강력한 국력(國力)으로 등장하게 하여 천하에 유명세를 떨쳤던 것을 알 수 있다
블레셋과의 전쟁에서 대승
그들의 땅 여러 곳을 철거(撤去)
재건축(再建築)을 하였는데
그때 암몬은 알아서 조공을 바쳐왔다니...
하지만 부국강병(富國强兵)
그것은 웃시야를 교만하게 했고
하나님과 사람 앞에서 오만불손교만(傲慢不遜驕慢)하게 만들었음을
역대하(歷代下) 오늘의 본문은 고발(告發)하고 있음을 본다
사람은
잘 나가면
그렇게 되는 것이
보편(普遍)이요 일반(一般)임을 하나님은 오늘 내게 경고(警告)
그 경고(警告)속에
하나님은 [고후12:9]
“... 내 은혜가 네게 족하도다 이는 내 능력이 약한 데서 온전하여짐이라...”
조금은 아쉬워하고 불편한 내 심기에 못을 박는 말씀으로 해석되어진다
나보다 나를 더 잘 아시는 주님
지금보다 형편이 좋아지면
언제고 오만불손교만(傲慢不遜驕慢)해 지기 까닭에
나에게 주님 앞을 지키고 있을만큼의 최고최선은혜은총긍휼자비(最高最善恩惠恩寵矜恤慈悲)를 베푸시고 있는 중...
헌데...나는 아이같아서
지금도
하나님을 마음적으로는
조르고 있다
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♬ 시편 40편. 57
1.하나님의 음성을 듣고자 기도하면
귀를 기울이고 내 기도를
들어주신다네
깊은 웅덩이와
수렁에서 끌어주시고
나의 발을 반석위에 세우시사
나를 튼튼히 하셨네
후 렴
새 노래로 부르자 랄랄라
하나님께 올릴 찬송을
새 노래로 부르자 하나님 사랑을
2. 주를 위지하고 교만하지 않으면
거짓에 치우치지 아니하면
복이 있으리라
여호와 나의 주는
크신 권능의 구주라
주의 크신 권능으로 우리들을
사랑하여 주시네